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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 1981
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rudolf Brockhaus, Marl, DE;
Hans-Jurgen Franke, Dorsten, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568482 ; 568910 ;
Abstract
A continuous process for the partial oxidation of methane to produce mixtures of formaldehyde and methanol wherein methane and an oxidizing gas are reacted in a reaction zone in the form of a flame and the resulting reaction mixture is cooled followed by separation of the resulting products, is further improved by controlling the velocity of the oxidizing gas so that it is 50 to 300 meters per second higher than the methane gas with the methane gas being introduced in a velocity of from 1 to 15 meters per second. Also, the stream of methane gas has a volume that is 3 to 100 times greater than the volume of the stream of oxidizing gas introduced into the reaction zone.